The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 212 Above the Yin God
“Previously, the Heavenly Palace plotted against us, and the Crane Lord was indignant. He devised a plan to capture the Heavenly Palace’s celestial bodies, forcibly detaining one of the Moon celestial bodies and making the people of the Heavenly Palace make three vows. Today, we are offering a great gift to redeem them.”

"You fool, you should thank Lord He!"

Since childhood, Li Qing has been haunted by evil spirits and is inherently suspicious and unreliable. She has never trusted anyone. Even today, when she met the two celestial beings of the Heavenly Palace in Lin Yuan Mountain, her first reaction was to suspect that the two celestial beings of the Heavenly Palace had already colluded with the eleven celestial beings.

Yin Zu did not forcefully pressure or correct him, but instead summoned him to Linyuan Immortal Peak, showed him the three oaths promised by Li Yu on behalf of the Heavenly Palace, and then made him bow and thank the handsome old man sitting to the side.

The great gift that Li Yu presented was none other than a "Jade Elixir Golden Pill" from the Taiyue Shangxing Sect.

This Jade Elixir Golden Pill is extremely precious and cannot be refined by anyone other than a True Immortal of the Yin Spirit Realm. The precious pill contains the Three Powers and contains a vast Daoist charm. If a cultivator of the Purple Mansion Realm takes it, he will immediately advance to the next half-grade.

But Li Qing had no time to pay attention to the pill at the moment, and instead focused her gaze on the handsome old man on the other side.

Let alone Li Qing, even the abbot, Chen Jin, only recently learned that the Yin spirit Crane Lord existed in the temple...

The reason is that the lineage of the Tiannan Temple was interrupted in the past. The gap between the Zifu Daoist of Tiannan and the Yin God Grand Master Yin Zu was too great. Their karma could not be intertwined or inherited. Therefore, in the evaluation of the Five Immortal Sects, the Tiannan Temple has never been associated with Yin Zu.

With the emergence of Chen Jin, Li Qing, and the Taoist of Dingshan, there was finally a real hope for the continuation of the tradition.

Having received a word of encouragement from Yin Zu, Li Qing looked at the Crane Lord who was confronting the Heavenly Palace head-on, and couldn't help but feel a deep respect. He stood still, bowed, and immediately said, "Greetings, Crane Lord."

The latter was almost suppressed by the double pupils of Yinghuo that day, so how could he accept Yin Zu's favor and receive Li Qing's respectful bow? With a solemn expression, he did not speak, but simply nodded reluctantly and closed his eyes to rest again.

"During your absence, people from the overseas Hunyuan Immortal Sect came to visit. I heard that the Hunyuan Sect has some connections with you?"

"The Primordial Envoy is still inside the mountain gate. You are now an outsider of the temple. Discuss it with Chen Jin and make your own decision!"

"As for that golden pill, you can take it for now, but given your current cultivation progress, you don't need to take it yet. You can take the precious pill after you break through the first stage of the Purple Mansion Foundation Realm. You will then be able to break through the shackles with the help of that vast Dao energy and realize the essence of the Dharma in one go. But before that, you must diligently cultivate your techniques, derive the Dharma from the Dao, and seek techniques within the Dharma, to realize the rudimentary form of your own Dharma essence..."

Given Li Qing's cultivation speed, there's no need to force a breakthrough. Leaving this golden core at the time of foundation building in the Purple Mansion to enhance the Daoist essence and construct the Dharma intent would be perfect...
Having cultivated to this point, Li Qing has already forged his own path. Even Yin Zu cannot control his cultivation too much. After giving him a few words of advice, he gave Chen Jin a wink and told him to accompany Li Qing down from the Immortal Peak.

Not long after the group left.

Suddenly, a fragrant aroma wafted from the main hall of the ancestral master at Linyuan Immortal Peak. At that moment, flowers bloomed in the cracks between the blue bricks, and old trees in the hall sprouted new buds, as if a celestial being had descended to earth, displaying a completely magical and wondrous appearance.

Crane Lord, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, sensed the presence of the newcomer and stood up abruptly. He turned his head and saw that, sure enough, a Taoist with ethereal hair and a jade-like face was walking slowly from behind the screen in the main hall.

The moment this Taoist appeared, the spiritual energy of the entire world rose several degrees out of thin air. As he walked on the earth, he himself was the most perfectly natural treasure in the world.

This is the Heavenly Talisman Rejuvenating Elixir Grand Master of the Taiyue Shangxing Sect, the supreme being of the Southern Kingdom, without equal. Even Ancestor Yin can only be called a junior in front of him!

"No need for formalities, please sit down."

Upon seeing Crane Lord's nervousness, the great immortal with his ethereal hair and jade-like face gently waved his hand. His gentle words carried an irrefutable authority, like a decree from heaven, forcing Crane Lord to obey his command and sit back down.

In recent years, more and more guests from all over the South have come to visit Master Yin, including old friends, former students who had been instructed by him, and like-minded people from all sides with similar interests.

Today, even the Heavenly Talisman Grand Master, who is stationed in Taiyue, has come!
"Yin Dao, you are now..."

Have you thought about what to do next?

When this Daoist Yin from Jiangnan ventured into Tiandu, Tianfu was already a highly experienced True Person. He looked just like this back then, and today, as Yin Zu's lifespan is nearing its end, he is still the same. True Persons of the Golden Elixir Path are truly resilient.

Yin Zu was a junior whom Tianfu Zhenren had watched grow up. He was also exceptionally talented, and in just over three hundred years, he cultivated to become a Great True Person of the Upper Grade of Yin Spirit.

In less than six hundred years, for a Grand True Person of the Highest Rank of Yin Spirit, not even half of their lifespan had passed.

Just when Yin Shen Zhenren should have been shining brightly, Yin Dao was already nearing his passing!
"The Great Master has arrived."

Upon seeing the arrival of the Great Master Tianfu, Yin Zu pushed aside the order in the hall, and a cloud table about a foot high immediately rose in front of several futons. On the table, warm dew was placed and tea was brewed, which was a very friendly way of treating guests.

As Yin Zu poured tea for Grandmaster Tianfu, he shook his head and chuckled softly:

"Fate has its end, but the way of Heaven is boundless. Now that I've come this far, why should I make any further plans?"

Taoism seeks pure Yang, while the secluded world seeks profound Yin. If the primordial spirit is the foundation, then the physical body is the precious raft.

When the physical body reaches the end of its lifespan, what will remain but the spirit of the dead? Yin Zu was unwilling.

A cultivator's only true heart is cleansed of worldly impurities, uniting the soul, life spirit, and original qi to attain a single primordial spirit. How could such a person be willing to become a ghost or spirit with incomplete souls and no spiritual wisdom?
For those Taoists who have turned to cultivating their true selves, becoming a ghost and losing their true selves is worse than death!
"You have such an arrogant and rotten temper. You don't even know how to cherish your disciples and followers. How can you be considered a founder of a sect?"

Grand Master Tianfu gave a helpless laugh and cursed, then his expression turned serious again.

“This world is about to change drastically. You must not retreat. If you retreat, both the Southern Kingdom and Baqiu will be lost.”

"The little brat from the Heavenly Palace is very ambitious. He has been testing Tiannan time and time again. I'm afraid he has long been eyeing the 'Three Emperors' Great True Text' of the Three Emperors Great Dao Sect. He wants to take advantage of your weakness to find the Dao texts in it and complete his great divine power of mending the sky and bathing the sun."

"Even I alone can't hold off so many hot-blooded young brats!" Although he openly expressed his concern, the Heavenly Talisman Grand Master seemed to have no worries at all, as if he were just joking.

This Grandmaster of the Rejuvenating Elixir, who was just one step away from cultivating his Golden Elixir into the Heavenly Lead Natural Elixir, possessed a heavenly fragrance emanating from his body, bones like divine ore, and blood like heavenly mercury. Even if three or five ordinary magical treasures with divine wheel restrictions were hit on his body, he would hardly stagger.

The Yang God of the North also personally fought against him, but only managed to knock him down. The divine domain could not suppress him, and the divine weapon could not injure him. In the end, even that god turned pale and said that this was simply an ultimate tough nut to crack...

The Great Dao of Taking the Golden Elixir is an ancient cultivation method that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the ancient cultivation of Qi. Such a Great True Person can be called a "Half-Immortal" once he enters the Yang Spirit stage, and he is in harmony with the Dao. 
Immediately afterwards, the great master with immortal hair and jade-like face flipped his right hand and took out an ancient Taoist jade slip from his sleeve!

"This is a good thing that I got from Fang Xiandao. It is the Taiyin Refining Method of Corpse Dissection. You only need to refine the Taiyin Qi, and the feasibility of the Jiazi Refining Method should be very high."

"You're not that old, yet you spend all day hiding on this mountaintop, what kind of tranquility and seclusion are you cultivating?"

"Look at your disciples: gray-haired greenhorns... the master of a temple who cultivates the art of sitting in oblivion to achieve immortality... a 'genius' disciple who can turn the art of the Pot Heaven into a mountain of corpses in his palm... a Xuanmen Dao seed who is half immortal and half ghost, and married into the Yinshan sect?"

"Yin Dao, you really need to pay more attention to your lineage!"

The Great Master Tianfu could see everything happening in Linyuan Mountain at a glance. The Taiyi Sect of the East Sea had developed too rapidly in recent years, which made him ashamed that he had not properly taught the Taiyue Shangxing Sect.

After seeing the Tiannan Temple on Linyuan Mountain, he was so speechless that he couldn't help but laugh...

Yu Linyuan gave Yin Zu a good scolding in the mountains. This pillar of the Southern Kingdom turned into a rainbow and returned in the blink of an eye. The distance from the north of Hengjiang in the Southern Kingdom to a corner in the southwest is about 60,000 to 70,000 miles. However, under this rainbow light, he arrived in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Having cultivated to this level, he can say that the Milky Way and the universe are so vast that there is nowhere he cannot go.

Watching this true ancestor-level figure move about so swiftly, Crane Lord was genuinely happy.

The Taiyin Refining Form, which dissolves and dissolves the physical form, is also a secret Taoist technique of that immortal path. It is a supreme art that can truly transcend life and death.

"Master, the name of the Taiyin Refining Form has resounded throughout the capital for generations. It should be feasible. Why not give it a try..."

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The conversation at Lin Yuan Xian Ding was unknown to the other Taoists in Tian Nan Temple, who continued to follow their usual practices and do their own thing.

Li Qing and Chen Jin walked out of the main hall of the Immortal Peak side by side. Three female Taoist priests were already waiting by the roadside. This made Chen Jin, who had achieved minor success in the cultivation of longevity through meditation, unable to keep her composure. She turned her head and solemnly stared at Li Qing.

After a long silence, Chen Jin finally warned in a leisurely tone:
"Li Qing, you'd better be careful that the Dark Contract doesn't go out of control!"

After years of hardship, he finally made peace with the Ghost Mother on the other side of the Ghost Book of the Underworld. Now he dares to act recklessly?
Such teasing did not make Li Qing happy. He placed his right hand on the gourd at his waist, and with a flick of his palm, handed the jade slip containing his observations of the Huailian Ghost City trip to the abbot, Chen Jin.

"The Flying Waterfall Taoist Temple has no one available, so we must recruit a few people."

"If a hermit were to register his name and be worshipped at the temple, what would the abbot think?"

"If there are any scattered lineages, could you recommend them to Lin Yuan Immortal Mountain, and if the abbot notices, is that acceptable?"

Glancing at the three people slowly approaching, Li Qing used her soul to transmit a message to the abbot Chen Jin to inquire about their whereabouts.

A hermit beyond the mundane world? A scattered lineage of Daoist teachings?

Upon hearing this, Chen Jin raised an eyebrow and looked at the unfamiliar female Taoist priests, and many speculations unconsciously welled up in her mind.

"Your Daoist academy should make its own decision. As for the temple... it does not accept heretics at present!"

After exchanging a brief conversation with Li Qing, Chen Jin picked up the jade scroll that Li Qing had handed over and slowly left Lin Yuan Immortal Peak.

This answer blocked Li Qing's next choice from the very beginning. Tiannan Temple has always been like this, almost never accepting heretical cultivators. Otherwise, with the name of Ancestor Yin, it would have had countless followers long ago and would have dominated the southwest long ago!
Whether Chen Jin knew the identity of Fairy Mo Ling, or it was for the sake of the purity of the Lin Yuan lineage, since the temple was unwilling, Li Qing had nothing to say.

Turning his head to meet the gaze of the slowly approaching female Taoist priest, Li Qing waved his sleeve, summoning a cloud of auspiciousness, and immediately led the three of them toward the Flying Waterfall Taoist Temple.

“Previously, one person from the Heavenly Palace was imprisoned in the mountains. Today, Li Yu has come to vouch for him with some sincerity.”

Li Qing flipped his right hand over and held the "Jade Liquid Golden Pill" in his palm, explaining it to Fairy Mo Ling.
He originally wanted to keep the female Taoist priest and find an opportunity to explore the great secrets hidden in the Jade Spirit Sect. But now that the Lin Yuan Mountain was unwilling to accept outsiders, he could only let the master and disciple go to the Three Emperors Great Dao Sect to pay homage!

The group entered the Flying Waterfall Taoist Temple, passing through the peaks and thousands of waterfalls with their red flowers, green fruits, and year-round fragrance. They walked through layers of suspended cloud-top pavilions and waterside terraces. Li Qing led the way, and the Taoists toured the temple, heading straight into the Taoist Temple.

In the past few days, Li Qing simply presented the gifts for guests and went into the Scripture Pavilion to retrieve the "Seven Absolute Cold Ice Dao" to exchange for a scroll of Purple Mansion Daoist technique called "Fire Seed Golden Lotus Method," which is a typical alchemy technique.

The three treasures are refined to harmonize yin and yang, capture the dragon and tiger, and regulate the Kan, Dui, and Li trigrams. When the dragon and tiger converge, the golden elixir is born. The golden elixir has twelve grades, and the yin spirit is called the nascent soul!

The Dao of Pill Refining has fewer dangers related to elixir and mercury than the Dao of Golden Elixir, and fewer murky aspects compared to the Dao of Qi Refining. At the same time, it also possesses the supernatural powers of the Refining Spirit Method, making it the most widely spread Xuanmen Dao at the time.

Having mastered this method, Cai Die'er immediately lit the Soul Lamp, established a name contract, and registered her name with the Flying Waterfall Dao Mansion. At the same time, she cooperated with Li Qing without reservation, intending to nurture and extract the seed of the 'Dream Entry Technique' for her...

(End of this chapter)